Campfire’s octopus, chorizo, and celery-root entrée.
Gage Forster
Jan 30, 2024
By Nick Aguilera/SanDiegoGulls.com
The San Diego Gulls ran into the buzzsaw that is the Western Conference-leading Milwaukee Admirals but didn’t go down without a fight, as they fell 4-3 in overtime on the road Tuesday night.
“Their streak was no accident,” Chase De Leo said. “I thought we were pretty prepared coming into it, and we would have liked to get the full points on this road trip, but our group dug deep. Proud of the way we responded coming up against a tough opponent and thought we honestly were right there with them.”
Despite the loss, the Gulls have still earned 14 of 18 possible standings points over their last nine games (6-1-2-0), including five of six on the road trip (2-0-1-0).
“I think we learned that we can play with the best team in the Western Conference,” head coach Matt McIlvane said. “That was a tight game all the way through. I loved our detail. I loved our competitiveness. Definitely didn’t play a perfect game, but it was so competitive from us. And in the end, the difference is so marginal. Could have gone the other way, but I’m proud of our guys.”
Liam Foudy starred for Milwaukee, netting a hat trick including the overtime winner. He set the scene early and scored the lone goal of the opening frame, a shorthanded tally that put Milwaukee up 1-0.
The Gulls responded early in the second, as Sasha Pastujov continued to be a catalyst for San Diego’s offense with his fourth goal in two games. The goal established Pastujov’s first career goal streak after going goalless in the first 14 games of his AHL career.
Foudy scored his second goal minutes later to put the Admirals back on top.
Judd Caulfield made sure that lead didn’t last long and bounced a puck off a Milwaukee stick to net his seventh goal of the season.
Soon after, Pavol Regenda gave the Gulls their only lead of the night with his team-leading 15th goal of the season. The goal extends his goal streak to an AHL career-high four games (5-1=6).
The final frame opened with a Milwaukee goal thanks to Marc Del Gaizo, who scored exactly two minutes in to tie it. That was the only goal the third saw, as the two streaking teams needed overtime to settle the score.
Foudy proved to be too much to handle for San Diego, as he netted the overtime winner for his hat trick and Milwaukee’s 11th consecutive win.
“Our objective is to go in and be able to find ways to win games and get points and just keep improving as a group,” McIlvane said. “I think that it just reinforces our growth with a game like this. We’ve got to get ready for one more big push this weekend.”
De Leo made some history and earned his 94th assist as a Gull, moving him into sole possession of second place on the Gulls’ all-time assist leaderboard. He now sits one assist shy of tying Sam Carrick (95) for the most helpers in Gulls AHL history.
Andrew Agozzino extended his point streak to five games with an assist (1-4=5), matching his season high. Glenn Gawdin, Trevor Carrick, Luka Profaca, and Nikita Nesterenko also picked up assists on the night.
The San Diego Gulls return home to Pechanga Arena San Diego for the final two games before the All-Star Break, beginning with a matchup with the Tucson Roadrunners on Friday night (7 p.m. PST).
SANDY, Utah — SANDY, Utah (AP) — Sergi Solans had two goals and an assist, Diego Luna added a goal and two assists, and Real Salt Lake beat San Diego FC 4-2 on Saturday night to extend its unbeaten streak to six games.
Morgan Guilavogui scored his first goal in MLS and had an assist for Real Salt Lake (5-1-1). The 28-year-old designated player has five goal contributions in his first six career games.
RSL hasn’t lost since a 1-0 defeat at Vancouver in the season opener.
San Diego (3-3-2) has lost three in a row and is winless in five straight.
Luna opened the scoring in the fifth minute when he re-directed a misplayed pass by Duran Ferree, San Diego’s 19-year-old goalkeeper, into the net.
Moments later, Solans headed home a perfectly-placed cross played by Luna from outside the right corner of the 18-yard box to the back post to make it 2-0. Solans, a 23-year-old forward, flicked a header from the center of the area inside the right post and past the outstretched arm of Ferree to make it 3-1 in the 37th minute.
Guilavogui slammed home a first-touch shot to give RSL a three-goal lead in the 45th.
Marcus Ingvartsen scored a goal in the 14th minute and Anders Dreyer converted from the penalty spot in the 66th for San Diego.
Ingvartsen has five goals and an assist this season and has 10 goal contributions (seven goals, three assists) in 16 career MLS appearances.
Rafael Cabral had three saves for RSL.
Ferree finished with five saves.
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When John Resnick opened Campfire on a quaint little street in Carlsbad, Calif., in 2016, some locals weren’t sure what to think. The coastal enclave wasn’t exactly awash in innovative, chef-driven establishments, so it was a shock to see the dining room consistently full. Early on, one woman wondered aloud to Resnick, “Where did all these people come from?”
It’s a moment he remembers vividly. “I was struck by her statement, because I think she was surprised that so many other people in Carlsbad were there,” Resnick says.
The rest of the culinary world would take some time to catch up to what was happening. In 2019, when Michelin expanded to rate restaurants throughout all of California—not just the San Francisco area—Addison was the only one in San Diego to earn a star. But since emerging from the pandemic, the region’s food scene has grown dramatically. Driven by outstanding farms, ingredients, a bumper crop of talented chefs, and a G.D.P. approximately the size of New Zealand or Greece, San Diego County has become one of America’s most underrated dining destinations.
Campfire’s octopus, chorizo, and celery-root entrée.
Gage Forster
Perhaps no single restaurant is a better emblem for this shift than chef William Bradley’s Addison, which opened in 2006. After landing his first star, Bradley knew he wanted more. To get them, he transformed his French-leaning fare to serve what he calls California Gastronomy, which combines the cultures of SoCal with impeccable ingredients and wildly impressive techniques, prizing flavor over flair. Michelin responded, awarding Addison a second star in 2022, and making it the first Southern California three-star restaurant just a year later. The accolade has created a halo effect, attracting culinary tourists from around the world.
Berry beet tartlets at San Diego’s three-star stalwart Addison.
Eric Wolfinger
“Earning three stars forces the global dining community to pay attention to a place that may not have been on their radar before,” says chef Eric Bost, a partner in Resnick’s four Carlsbad establishments.
Resnick recruited Bost, who spent time at award-winning outposts of Restaurant Guy Savoy, to run Jeune et Jolie, which he led to a star in 2021. They’ve since taken over an old boogie-board factory down the street and converted it to an all-day restaurant and bakery, Wildland. The space also hosts an exquisite tasting-counter experience called Lilo, which was given a Michelin star mere months after opening in April 2025. And as Resnick and Bost grew their successful Carlsbad operation, chef Roberto Alcocer earned a Michelin star for his Mexican fine-dining spot Valle in nearby Oceanside.
The stylish tasting counter at Michelin one-star Lilo in Carlsbad.
Kimberly Motos
About 25 miles to the south, another affluent coastal community is going through its own culinary glow up. In La Jolla, chef Tara Monsod and the hospitality group Puffer Malarkey Collective opened the stylish French steakhouse Le Coq. Chef Erik Anderson, formerly of Michelin two-star Coi, is preparing to launch Roseacre. And last year, Per Se alums Elijah Arizmendi and Brian Hung left New York to open the elegant tasting-menu restaurant Lucien, lured by the ingredients they’d get to serve. “A major reason we chose San Diego is the quality and diversity of the produce,” Arizmendi explains. “San Diego County has more small farms than anywhere else in the U.S., and its many microclimates allow farmers to grow an incredible range of ingredients year-round.”
Wildland’s spicy Italian sandwich.
Gage Forster
Chef Travis Swikard has also been a tireless advocate for the region’s ingredients since he returned to San Diego, his hometown, and opened Mediterranean-influenced Callie in 2021. There’s no sophomore slump with his latest effort, the French Riviera–inspired Fleurette in La Jolla, where he’s serving his take on classics like leeks vinaigrette and his San Diego “Bouillabaisse” with local red sheepshead fish and spiny lobster. Its food is bright, produce-driven, and attentive in execution, while the dining room maintains a relaxed and unpretentious style of service. And Swikard sees that approach cohering into a regional style with a strong network of professionals behind it.
“It’s really nice that we are developing our own identity, not trying to be like L.A. or any other market, just highlighting what’s great about the San Diego lifestyle and ingredients,” he says. “Similar to New York, a chef community is starting to develop where chefs are supporting each other. There is a true sense of pride to be cooking here.”
Top: In La Jolla, Lucien serves ocean whitefish with tomatoes turned into concasse, sabayon, and other expressions.
Little Debbie is officially expanding its doughnut range.
On April 14, the brand announced a new sweet snack: Chocolate Old Fashioned Donuts. The company says there was “massive consumer demand” for the original Big Pack Old Fashioned Donuts, which quickly became a top seller. Now, they’re just giving the people what they want.
The new snack is a chocolate old-fashioned cake doughnut finished with a sweet glaze and is launching in two formats:
The original, which includes six individually wrapped cake-style doughnuts with a vanilla glaze, first hit stores in June 2025 and, according to the brand, has been “consistently selling out.”
“We saw an incredible response to the Old Fashioned Donut we introduced last year,” said Scott Brownlow, Little Debbie’s brand manager, in a press release. We’re doubling down on what works and giving both loyalists and new fans an irresistible reason to head back to the store.”
Little Debbie’s Chocolate Old Fashioned Donuts are rolling out now to major retailers, grocery stores and convenience stores nationwide. As with the original Old Fashioned Donut, they become a permanent addition to the brand’s snack lineup.
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